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- Title
- The New Yorker Special
- Date(s)
- 1985
- Contributor(s)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (Sponsor), New York State Council on the Arts (Sponsor), D'Aquisto, James (Narrator), Hall, Jim, 1930-2013 (Instrumentalist)
- Description
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Film celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto...
Show moreFilm celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto's guitars.
Show less - Collection ID
- Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
- Hagley ID
- FILM_2018222_FC319
- Collection
- Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection